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Old 04-12-2016, 11:05 AM   #12 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by California98Civic View Post
Consider direct drive motors rather than geared, because when throttled-off the direct drive will acf as a brake, which is good for a wheel chair.
The hubmotor on my Songi has zero braking action unless the regen circuit is activated. I'd think the geared motors would have the power-off braking action.
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